55/72 Playing upon their name in Latin and in French, they were called angels. Now if they were angels they were assuredly bad angels. They denied God, and their favorite oath _Goddam_[233] was so often on their lips that they were called _Godons_. They were said to be _coues_, that is, to have tails behind.[234] There was mourning in many a French household when Queen Ysabeau delivered the kingdom of France to the _coues_,[235] making of the noble French lilies a litter for the leopard. |